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Fair Use: Yes or No?

Dear Rich IP Blog

From everything I've researched, all the images in the book should come under fair use. Polar interrogatives work well in psychology tests , congressional hearings , and wedding vows , but they're not suitable for analyzing fair use. That said, we think you are likely to prevail in a fair use dispute.

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Let’s Go Hazy: Making Sense of Fair Use After Warhol

Copyright Lately

Five things to know about the Supreme Court’s new purpose-driven fair use opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (“ Warhol “) is that relatively rare fair use case in which both the original and follow-on works were more or less directly competing in the same market.

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Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright-Related User Bans

TorrentFreak

Last month, the community-driven news and discussion platform went public and, with a market cap of more than $6 billion, immediately became one of the larger tech players. A few hours ago, the company released its latest transparency report detailing the actions it took in the second half of 2023.

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When is it Fair Use to Use a Photo to “Illustrate” an Article?

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

One of the practices that has generated a sizeable number of disputes and rulings is the use of photos to illustrate articles. These three cases address fair use in this context. McGucken moved for summary judgment on the fair use defense. The second factor weighs slightly against fair use.

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GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy

TorrentFreak

Affirmative Defense – Fair Use. Right off the bat, the defendants assert that anything they did in connection with their GTA 3 and Vice City projects were actions protected by fair use under the Copyright Act. The doctrine of fair use bars the relief sought by Plaintiff,” the response adds.

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How Fair Use Helps Bloggers Publish Their Research (Cross-Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[I published this post initially on the Association of Research Libraries blog in celebration of Fair Use Week 2022. Fair use is supposed to protect research bloggers in these circumstances. Defendants have also won fair use-based motions to dismiss over republishing a partial screen shot ( Yang v.

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The Doctrine of Fair Use: All You Need To Know

Larson & Larson

The most common limitation where the exclusive rights of a copyright holder can be limited fall under the doctrine of fair use- a defense against copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of what constitutes fair use. What is Fair Use? Commentary and Criticism.